Italian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ fibra +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sfiˈbra.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sfi‧brà‧re

Verb

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sfibràre (first-person singular present sfìbro, first-person singular past historic sfibrài, past participle sfibràto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to remove the fiber from: to defiber/defibre
  2. (transitive, figurative) to exhaust, to enervate, to sap

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • sfibrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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